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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Josie Maran Summer Lovin' Argan Lip & Cheek Color Stick Set

Oh, how I love stick blushes. Tarte's Natual Cheek Stains got me started, but Josie Maran's Lip & Cheek Color Sticks reinforced it. Offer them in a set with multiple colors and there is no way I'm going to be able to resist.

Summer Lovin' gives you four of the little sticks - the 3 colors Poppy, Rosey, and Summer Lovin', plus a clear one for general moisturizing purposes.

Poppy

Poppy is my favorite, a vivid coral pink. These apply sheer but can be built up in intensity. Poppy has more of a cream finish with no visible shimmer. These apply smoothly with a balm like texture. I've got oily skin but do not find these to feel oily or to add much sheen. I do however tend to use a powder to set these to help with longevity. Sometimes it's a powder blush on top, sometimes a translucent powder.

Rosey

Rosey is a muted dusty rose with a slight shimmer and is the one color from the set available in the regular collection. I found all three shades to be quite wearable with my fair but warm skin tone (I'm a Spring in the Color Me Beautiful vernacular, if that helps). All of the swatches were taken in full sun. While I tend to use these mainly as cheek tints, they can also be used on your lips. I don't really care for them as lip tints, however, as the taste and texture just don't work for me. But, they are multitaskers with good for you argan oil, shea butter, manfo butter, apricot kernel oil, oh heck, I'll list all the ingredients at the bottom.

Summer Lovin'

Summer's Lovin' is a light coppery bronze with gold fleck and has the most visible shimmer. This actually applies very light on my skin so I have to really build it up for it to show. It does make a nice highlighter due to the gold shimmer, which you can see better by clicking the swatch to view larger. All three apply much more sheer than you would think given the color intensity in the tube. However, details on the Sephora site say "apply to lips and cheeks for a natural HINT (caps mine) of color", so no false advertising going on there. All of the swatches have been blended on the skin to show the finished look.

Packaging is nice, with both an outer top and a small inner cap to keep the sticks fresh. I saw a review on Sephora that commented on the size of these, specifically how small they are. They are about the size of the travel sized Tarte Cheek tints. However, they last quite a while. I've yet to completely use up any of my cheek tints. Okay, I do have a lot, which could be a factor.

The Summer Lovin' set retails for $32 and is available at Sephora. Poppy and Summer Lovin' are exclusive to this set.

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About me: I'm 53 with oily but aging skin. Fortunately, the semi-tropical climate and humidity of where I live helps me from looking like the crypt keeper, in spite of all those years soaking up the sun :-) So let's talk skincare and makeup and anything else that strikes our fancy.